Portrait of a Gentleman
1841
Medium
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
Sight: 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (7.3 x 6 cm)
Classification
Painting, miniature
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Isabella Reeder Jones, in memory of her husband, Eugene Jones II, 1981
Accession Number
1981.447.1
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the intimate world of 19th-century American portraiture with *Portrait of a Gentleman* by John Wood Dodge, in 1841. This delicate watercolor on ivory miniature, measuring just 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 inches, captures the refined features of an unidentified sitter, likely a prosperous member of the growing middle class. Housed in The American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum Art, it exemplifies the era's fascination with personal keepsakes. John Wood Dodge was a skilled itinerant miniaturist, renowned for his precise, luminous portraits that brought folk art sensibilities to high-end commission...
About the Artist
John Wood Dodge · 1807–1893
1807–1893